Racism In Concert Promotion? Yes, I Said It's Racism

Actual photo of The Crack Emcee performing.

Even when I had the money to jump back into the music game, I was hesitant - I got out because of personal issues, not (as some have suggested) a lack of talent - and my hesitation is well founded:

  During litigation of Rowe Entertainment v. The William Morris Agency, Rowe paid $200,000 to retrieve email evidence that later revealed executives at William Morris and Creative Artists Agency referred to black people as "n------," "spooks," "coons" and "monkeys," among other names.

Remember when MTV wouldn't play HIM?

Couple that attitude with the online world that now controls music, and maybe you can start to see the problem.

Even she prefers Kendrick Lamar to Lorde.

And, hopefully, why the mainstream thinks Macklemore and Lorde - despite the evidence - are the best new artists right now,….